Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kory Mathewson


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The result was   Delete. Fram (talk) 10:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Kory Mathewson

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Mr. Mathewson is a 21-year-old student and amateur actor/comic. Although some of the groups he has been in may be notable, there's nothing in this article to indicate that he himself meets the standards of WP:BIO. NawlinWiki (talk) 04:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC) 
 * Delete per nomination and not a social networking site. There is no evidence of substantive external coverage; note that the bulk of the article appears to have been written by the subject himself.  --TeaDrinker (talk) 04:39, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as clearly non-notable even though "his favourite colour is purple". Drawn Some (talk) 04:45, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete None of the references cited in the article are reliable, third-party sources. This source and this source are from the The Gateway, a newspaper at Mathewson's university. These sources are not enough to confer to notability since they are written by students of Mathewson's university, not professional journalists. This article from the Financial Times mentions Mathewson in the first sentence but the rest of the article (save for one sentence) is about other topics. This article cannot be used to establish notability because it is written by Kory Mathewson himself, so it is not a third-party source. The sixth source only lists his name but doesn't mention anything else about him. A Google News Archive search returns no related results, as does a Google search. This is a well-crafted autobiography (written by ), but unfortunately, there aren't enough sources to establish this individual's notability per WP:BIO. I have no prejudice to re-creation in the future if/when reliable, third-party sources are available. Cunard (talk) 04:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm the editor who WP:PRODed this originally, saying "The subject of this article fails the 3 notability tests established by WP:ENTERTAINER". Which is still the case.  I also bear no prejudice to its future recreation when reliable sources establish notability.  Jim Ward (talk·stalk) 04:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Frank  |  talk  17:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete nothing notable, borderline speedy. DGG (talk) 23:44, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.